Monday

After a wonderful weekend away. Just Dave and I. We are back to reality and back home with our sick lil guy who has had a fever since Saturday :( Not sure what's up. He's still playing and acting silly just warm and can't seem to kick this fever. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me over the weekend, but we enjoyed a beautiful wedding and a night away to ourselves. Caleb hung out with Nani and Pops. And they somehow were able to take a picture of Caleb wearing a hat. Not sure how that went down. He usually takes them right off. They must have worked their magic. Caleb's eating frozen yogurt in this pic. One of the few things he's been eating these past couple days. Not much of an appetite with his fever. At least Caleb's drinking a ton of water and staying hydrated and sleeping good at night and during nap time.
Hopefully this fever goes away and we can get back to our normal activities. I hate it when my lil guy is sick. I'm sorry to say this is not the happiest of Mondays...

Some more pics from this weekend

photography by Jenny

Easter Weekend

We had a wonderful Easter weekend with family. Caleb partook in his first Easter Egg hunt. We filled the eggs with rocks and flowers and he was in heaven. He loved opening and closing the eggs and putting them in the basket. He got a special package in the mail for Easter from Grandma and Grandpa Giles. It was gardening tools and he was just delighted to dig in the dirt with his own little set of tools. I know he's going to have fun helping dad out now in the yard, and he won't be getting into Dad's tools as much since he has his own now! We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! Here are some pics from the weekend...

Let the fun begin!




One of my favorite pictures from the weekend. Father and son. Melt. my. heart.

Caleb was pretty excited to cart his new gardening tools all around the backyard
Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!
All tuckered out this weekend, resting up for the big Easter Egg hunt in Nani's arms

Happy Monday

We are enjoying a relaxing day after a fun filled weekend Easter weekend. Taking a long walk in the misty morning, storytime with my little man, lunch with hubs, and listening to this beautiful song, all make for a happy Monday.

Backyard Easter Egg Decorating Party

Caleb and I hosted our first Easter egg decorating party. I think it might become a tradition :) We put all the kiddos in the backyard and although it was raining this morning and I was starting to freak out, it cleared and the sun warmed us for the duration of the party. It was a little chaotic being that there were several toddlers but we laughed as food colored water sploshed everywhere and eggs fell to the floor and cracked. Some babes decided to sneak in some bites of the egg and others just squeezed and felt the egg gush in their little hands. It was a daring endeavor but oh so worth it!

I tried to snap a picture of each child but then Caleb wandered from the crayon/egg decorating area to the food color/water decorating area and at that point, I just took a ton of my lil guy cause I could no longer multi-task as he was trying to put every single egg into the water cups. So here's a pic overload of Caleb.
This is when I asked Caleb to 'show me your egg' he obliged.

You think he's having a grand time? Oh yeah.
Right before the bowl was hidden because Caleb started to get the idea of 'egg dipping' although putting every egg in a little cup wasn't what mama had in mind.

All I can say is, We had a grand time!

Happy Dance

I'm doing it right now! I finally got to clean, bake, blog, edit pics, relax and enjoy my salt city candle filling up the air with goodness!

Field Trip

with the kiddos to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. We went last Friday. It was a little tough without Dave there, Caleb wanted me to hold him most of the time and was pretty clingy. Every time he saw the camera he freaked. Somehow I got a few in, but we ended up leaving a little early because I was just too tired trying to hold and keep him happy. I think he got overwhelmed with the crowd and his car nap wasn't enough to hold him over. It's funny because both times we have gone to the Monterey Aquarium he is pretty attached to me and not so interested, and when we took him to the Newport Science Center Aquarium he was all over the place and loving it. I think maybe because it was smaller and less crowded there he was more comfortable. We still had fun though. Next time hopefully Daddy can be there so I can snap away with the camera :)